Olivia Tremor Control
 

What a great band! Albumbase has a bunch of their stuff. A sort of folky experimental sound.

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albumbase has nothing :|

Oh fook, I'll get some stufff upped.

you should put California Demise up there, i've been looking high and low for that thing

Im bumping this cos I was gonna make a thread myself.

Definately one of the most underrated bands out there. Dusk at Cubist Castle and Black Foliage are two lost gems of the 90's, and the fact that they have such an incredible sonic palette to their albums with a mere 4 track is proof of their near-genius.

Plus, they can write a damn fine pop song a-la Jumping Fences, NYC-25, Hideaway, Holiday Surprise, etc.

Quoted for truth. Dusk At Cubist Castle and Black Foliage are spectacular. They combined great, layered experimental stuff with super-catchy pop songs.

On a related note, their second incarnation, Circulatory System, was quite strong too. Not as amazing as Olivia Tremor Control, but still quite good stuff.

My friend just introduced me to this band. He gave me Death at Cubist Castle. I hope that's a good place to start.

oh man did i forget about these guys after i lost everything on my computer... well i'm off to the torrents

jumping fences is a great song btw

circulatory system are great too. I only have Black Foliage but it's all very 60's, alot of tape-splicing going on. Actually I'm a big fan of the Elephant 6 label/community in general - except Neutral Milk Hotel, never rated them for some reason
The Elephant Six Recording Company - Bands

60's twee-psych revival ftw.

It is. I would say Dusk sounds like "The White Album" and Black Foliage is like a dark version of "Smile". I got Black Foliage first, and I found it took me much longer to get into than "Dusk" which I liked from the first time I played it.

Probably my favorite band at the moment. I think I was introduced to them by a member here in fact, via a mixtape sent to me a couple of years ago (most likely it was from Molecules, that brilliant bastard). But yeah, I'm a big fan of the entire Elephant 6 scene, but I've never quite understood why NMH got more of a following than OTC. I've got links if anyone wants them, seriously worth a listen.

My favorite track this week:

probably my second fave Elephant 6 band after Of Montreal

both Dusk At Cubist's Castle and Black Foliage are immense

i also have Circulatory System but haven't heard it yet

I'm seeing them live at ATP in a month, should be rather great!

I like them a lot, by far my favourite 'Elephant 6' band. Two long, quirky, diverse albums. Great, great band.

Definately my favourite sonf by them. It's a pretty special moment when the horns come in on the intro.

I am so envious, you have no idea.

Honestly, this year's ATP looks like the best line-up I've ever seen the event muster, I'm not even going to attempt to hide my envy.

OTC are great, I'd place them on a par with NMH and The Apples in Stereo. Circulatory System are not far behind.

Essex Green is worth checking out as well, imo.